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TOEFL BNC: 40140 COCA: 22480

fossilized

fossilized adjective
also British fossilised /ˈfɑːsəˌlaɪzd/
fossilized
adjective
also British fossilised /ˈfɑːsəˌlaɪzd/
Learner's definition of FOSSILIZED
: having been changed into a fossil已经成为化石的;石化的
disapproving : very old-fashioned and unlikely to change顽固不化的;僵化的
TOEFL BNC: 40140 COCA: 22480

fossilized

adjective

fos·​sil·​ized ˈfä-sə-ˌlīzd How to pronounce fossilized (audio)
1
: having been changed into a fossil : subjected to fossilization
fossilized wood
And in 1997 he found several thousand fossilized eggs from a giant sauropod, or plant-eating dinosaur, just 120 miles north. The find included the first-known fossilized dinosaur embryos, as bits of fossilized dino-skin. Eric Niiler
2
: old and unchanging or outmoded
fossilized notions
As the mountains get higher, the houses become tin-roof shacks, with yards full of fossilized appliances and ancient cars. Elizabeth Gilbert
: made firm, fixed, or rigid by the passage of time
I love the living language more than the fossilized variety with its hardened meanings and set-in-stone lexicon. Paul McFedries
I know when I took photos in the past I was looking either for particularly artistic shots or ones that might become fossilized memories adorning a mantel. Robert W. Lucky

Word History

First Known Use

1794, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of fossilized was in 1794
TOEFL BNC: 40140 COCA: 22480

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